The Ultimate Proof that Man Shouldn't Play God
Each time I watch Jurassic Park
, the same first-timer feelings come rushing back. Goose bumps while hearing John Williams' majestic tune to the helicopter landing on the island off the Costa Rican coast. The T-Rex's haunting stare. My fascination for the paradoxically sexy chaos theorist played by Jeff Goldblum. I'm this kid with a sudden obsession for shaving cream cans all over again. Everyone is familiar with the plot: a panel of experts is taken to a secretive park to endorse it before its opening. The island accomodating cloned dinosaurs quickly turns into the deadliest zoo. As kids, only a few of us were spared a certain passion for dinosaurs and Jurassic Park mastered the dream we had to make mankind encounter those extinct creatures. 20 years later, this movie hasn't aged. The special effects are still impressive. Weirdly enough, the unbelievable part of the storyline - you know, the whole thing about man cloning dinosaurs - looks better than the computer operating system of the time. The appearance of Samuel L. Jackson as a deadpan engineer adds badassness to the film. Let's not forget the awesome electric SUVs. But the most important feature of the movie remains Laura Dern rocking the mini-shorts paleobotanist-style. And the limp she pulls off still is the hottest limp in the history of cinematic limps. Of course, this movie doesn't make sense. The intrigue basically revolves around scientists who can create dinosaurs but cannot take care of a simple power outage. But Jurassic Park is a timeless classic that should be part of your kids' education. Please forget about the bad sequels though.
, the same first-timer feelings come rushing back. Goose bumps while hearing John Williams' majestic tune to the helicopter landing on the island off the Costa Rican coast. The T-Rex's haunting stare. My fascination for the paradoxically sexy chaos theorist played by Jeff Goldblum. I'm this kid with a sudden obsession for shaving cream cans all over again. Everyone is familiar with the plot: a panel of experts is taken to a secretive park to endorse it before its opening. The island accomodating cloned dinosaurs quickly turns into the deadliest zoo. As kids, only a few of us were spared a certain passion for dinosaurs and Jurassic Park mastered the dream we had to make mankind encounter those extinct creatures. 20 years later, this movie hasn't aged. The special effects are still impressive. Weirdly enough, the unbelievable part of the storyline - you know, the whole thing about man cloning dinosaurs - looks better than the computer operating system of the time. The appearance of Samuel L. Jackson as a deadpan engineer adds badassness to the film. Let's not forget the awesome electric SUVs. But the most important feature of the movie remains Laura Dern rocking the mini-shorts paleobotanist-style. And the limp she pulls off still is the hottest limp in the history of cinematic limps. Of course, this movie doesn't make sense. The intrigue basically revolves around scientists who can create dinosaurs but cannot take care of a simple power outage. But Jurassic Park is a timeless classic that should be part of your kids' education. Please forget about the bad sequels though.
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